Saving the Nation Through Culture: The Folklore Movement in Republican China

by Jie Gao

The Modern Chinese Folklore Movement coalesced at National Peking University between 1918 and 1926. A group of academics, inspired by Western thought, turned to the study of folklore--popular songs, beliefs, and customs--as a way to rally people around the flag. Saving the Nation through Culture opens a new chapter in the history of the international Folklore Movement by exploring the evolution of the discipline's Chinese branch. Jie Gao shows...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774838396
• ISBN13: 9780774838399
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"